Re: Moving Active Partition

"TrickTrash" <guardclone-newz +removethis+ @yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Og

Thanks for your reply.

You don't mention the MBR -something I know next to bugger-all about- or
the MFT, ditto. Do I have to worry about this ? Or am I overcomplicating
things, which seems probable ?

I've got Images of C: backed up which I believe I can use, but what's the
problems with installing an Image onto a new drive ? Is there a
difference between an Image and a Clone ?

It's probably simple enough, but not having done it before, I'm unsure and
want to get it right.

yours

TrickTrash


I've already got Images backed up from which

1. Image = Clone
2. The MBR is contained within the cloned image.
3. Take it easy -- cloning an image to a new drive, if unsuccessful, will
not "damage" anything other than your ego.
4. Read the directions that came with your imaging program to lean how to
restore an image to a different hard drive. Follow those directions
step-by-step.
5. If the new drive fails to boot, recognize that failure is part of the
learning process and repeat steps #3 and #4.
Good luck,
Steve

"Og" <Og@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"TrickTrash" <guardclone-newz +removethis+ @yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Dave

I have the tools to do as you suggest, but I've never done this before
and what i'm really trying to find out is; what are the unintended
consequences of taking an image and putting it on the other HDD.

Thanks for your reply

yours

TrickTrash


Risks associated with cloning the partition:
1. All damaged Operating System files will be cloned from the old
drive to the new drive. If you are already experiencing boot problems, it
is likely that, at a minimum, you will need to run System File Checker
(sfc) on the cloned disk.
2. For the average user, a hard disk experiences its most extreme
usage when installing an Operating System, and when cloning the disk.
There is a high risk, therefore, that the failing disk will die in the
middle of the clone process (been there, done that).
Steve


"Dave B." <mail@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You would have to free up space on the second drive as unallocated,
then use an image program that supports partition copy. It would be
easier to just replace the failing drive with a new one and do a
complete image.

"TrickTrash" <guardclone-newz +removethis+ @yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
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Recently I've noticed that one of my 2 Hard Disk Drives may be about
to fail; It's behaving erratically and occasionally refusing to boot.











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